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Adolescence in girls is a turbulent period, which includes stressful events like menarche, considered as a landmark of female puberty. The girl might receive the menarche positively however negative responses such as shame, fear, anxiety and depression are more common. The study made use of one group pretest and posttest design. Convenient sampling method was used to select 150 samples. Video assisted teaching program was administered to the samples and the effectiveness of video assisted teaching program was evaluated. (122) 81.33% had inadequate knowledge and (28) 18.67% had moderately adequate knowledge in the pre-test. 74.67% had adequate knowledge and 25.33% had moderately adequate knowledge in post-test.The mean post-test knowledge score was significantly higher than the mean pre-test knowledge score at 0.001 levels. This indicated that the video assisted teaching program has helped the samples to improve their knowledge on puberty. The present study finding shows that the samples who were attending the video assisted teaching program have shown improvement in the level of knowledge which was proved statistically. The respondents expressed their gratitude for the knowledge they gathered regarding puberty. This feedback led the future researcher to use the questionnaire as a guide for assessing knowledge on puberty. The Headmistress and teachers were appreciated the topic and video compact disc.